It's Alabama or LSU for nation's No. 1 OT

WEST MONROE, La. -- There’s a hallway inside West Monroe High School where more than a dozen pictures hang, pictures of former West Monroe football players who have gone on to play at LSU. The list includes current NFL stars Bradie James and Andrew Whitworth, as well as Barkevious Mingo, the No. 6 pick in April’s NFL draft.

But it’s not the number of portraits hanging on the wall that’s astonishing, it’s that every one of them is wearing an LSU jersey. The school has always been a pipeline to LSU. Even the town itself, which is nearly four hours away from Baton Rouge, is chock full of Tigers fans.